Examples of picky in a Sentence
a picky cat who would only eat one particular kind of food, and only if it was served in his special dish
she's picky, but she always finds the best quality in fresh meat and fish
Recent Examples of picky from the Web
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Crickets – a favorite for human consumption in some countries – are by contrast picky eaters.
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But Iconoclasts is very picky about the angle of her swing.
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The pro athletes, parents, and founders of Picky Bars know where to find the best food and drinks in their town Runner Lauren Fleshman and her husband, triathlete Jesse Thomas, are the right kind of picky.
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The embargoes have forced producers to make better plonk: European oenophiles are picky.
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Ironically, with the Grab deal, Uber’s international strategy appears to look more like Didi’s as the company becomes pickier about which markets to enter.
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Instead, call in advance to see if the restaurant has a children’s menu or can accommodate picky eaters.
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That allows them to be picky at the trade deadline.
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What the kids will like: The chicken satay is a safe bet for picky eaters.
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First Known Use of picky
1900
picky Synonyms
Synonyms
choosy (or choosey), dainty, delicate, demanding, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussbudgety, fussy, nice, particular, persnickety;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
affable, breezy, carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lackadaisical, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed;
Related Words
discerning, discriminating, selective;
captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical;
careful, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous;
queasy (also queazy), squeamish;
PICKY Defined for English Language Learners
PICKY Defined for Kids
- a picky eater
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